HARDENING

Chapter 38

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The next day, I stepped out early in the morning wearing a hot spangle dress Matt bought me. The birds chirped and sang their morning songs as they saw me so hot in it. Only a few automobiles sped and vibrated on the road, where I stood. The bus stop wasn’t heavy at all. I wondered what was going on. It was 7:00 Am and it wasn’t normal to be like that.

I looked left and right, stretching my neck to see the yellow-long omnibus, but it was not coming. I was feeling so reluctant to walk. And much of it would trigger my healing foot.

‘Why am I doing this early in the morning?’ I wondered and started walking back home. From the bus stop to where I lie was just a stone's throw.

“So soon?” my mother asked, taking the breakfast I had prepared for her.

“The bus.” I disappointedly whispered.

“Yeah, today is Sunday. Have you forgotten?” she clarified and took a bite of her bread, after swallowing it she continued, “I wouldn’t go there now if I were you, I would wai